Why build a new startup or partner with one, when you may already have the most important advantages you need to successfully renew your business in house? asks Lysander Weiss, partner at Venture Idea, the German innovation and strategy consultancy. Companies just have to learn how to use their own assets better for innovation. But that is easier said than done.
Interview
October 27, 2020
You don’t need an innovation lab. You need a strategy lab
The odds of a new startup being able to make a sizeable difference to a corporate are 500 to 1. The chances are higher if corporates use existing assets.
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